San Dimas® Features

Jackson progenitor Charvel® began producing its own traditional-style double-cutaway electric guitar models in the late 1970s. These early high-performance instruments quickly won great acclaim, and became informally known among players as “San Dimas” guitars, so nicknamed for Charvel’s home city and the San Dimas, Calif., P.O. box listing stamped on their neck plates. Decades later, in the late 2000s, Jackson formally adopted “San Dimas” as part of the name of its signature models for Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith.